People QuickFacts Gainesville Florida Population, 2012 estimate 126,047 19,317,568 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 124,364 18,802,690 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.4% 2.7% Population, 2010 124,354 18,801,310 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.4% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 13.4% 21.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.3% 17.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.6% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 64.9% 75.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 23.0% 16.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.9% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.9% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 10.0% 22.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 57.8% 57.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 64.1% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.3% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 16.3% 27.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.7% 85.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 43.4% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 6,539 1,637,466 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.2 25.7  Housing units, 2010 57,576 8,989,580 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 38.5% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 55.3% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $164,500 $188,600 Households, 2007-2011 48,385 7,140,096 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.25 2.56 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,100 $26,733 Median household income, 2007-2011 $30,952 $47,827 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 35.0% 14.7%     Business QuickFacts Gainesville Florida Total number of firms, 2007 10,980 2,009,589 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.4% 9.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.7% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.9% 22.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.8% 28.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 589,201 104,832,907 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,089,190 221,641,518 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,168,390 262,341,127 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,795 $14,353 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 314,963 41,922,059     Geography QuickFacts Gainesville Florida Land area in square miles, 2010 61.31 53,624.76 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,028.4 350.6 FIPS Code 25175 12 Counties Alachua County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts